Category:Nasal Cavity - Developmental Pathology

Ciliary Dyskinesia

Brachycephalic airway syndrome

• Stenotic nares, excessive lenght of soft palate
• All brachycephalic dog and cat breeds, e.g. English bulldog, Pekinese, Boxer etc.

In Horses

Atheroma

• = Epidermal inclusion cyst
• Cyst in nasal diverticulum
• Uncommin congenital disorder
• Sometimes identified as 'sebaceous cyst' as contents resemble sebum
• Contents composed of squamous cells, odourless, oily
• Soft, mobile, not painful

Alar fold stenosis

• Mucocutaneous structure from alar cartilage to rostral aspect of ventral nasal concha
• Uncommon
• Noise on inspiration or expiration
• Rarely impairs respiratory capacity

Wry nose

• Campylorrhinus lateralis
• Congenital deviation and shortening of premaxillae, nasal bones and nasal septum